Letter: Court should review citizen drone killings

5:02 PM,
Feb. 13, 2013

Written by

James Stubbins
Melbourne

The president is commander-in-chief of the military. We cannot insist on any prior approval process for any legal military action.

Killing a terrorist who is carrying out a strike against us is a legitimate military action. No congressman has the right to demand to be included in military decisions.

However, we also cannot allow one man to authorize the death of a citizen without some review, and some consequences must exist that he will respect if he abuses his authority like old King David sending Captain Uriah ...